Garbage collection services · South Carolina
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste
Powdersville, SC · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste: 5.2 TCR = 200% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste safety composite
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2021 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Powdersville, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 200% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #26/37
- PHOTO Mark Wright Construc…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mark Wright Construction INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste
5.2 TCR
- Mark Wright Co
Mark Wright Construction INC
5.2 TCR
- FCC-SA
FCC-SA
5.2 TCR
- S06695 - WM Wo
S06695 - WM Woodbine
5.2 TCR
- International
International Paper Recycling - Fremont
5.2 TCR
What this shows Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste averages 5.2 TCR (200% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.6
Where Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 37 Garbage collection services employers in South Carolina.
Meridian Waste South Carolina, LLC - Eco Waste has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · SC · Powdersville
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 4 employers in Powdersville, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Mark Wright Construction INC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FCC-SA | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S06695 - WM Woodbine | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | International Paper Recycling - Fremont | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Columbia | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GE Healthcare | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fitts & Goodwin, Inc. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Triangle Construction Co., Inc | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1808-00010104-05568 | 81 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MEDICAL CENTER OF POWDERSVILLE | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving - Greenville | 21 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Williamston | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pioneer Container Corp | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northshore Motors 1 Lp | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Anchorage Rail | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | C Harper - Honda | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Orda at Lake Placid | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Laurel Machine and Foundry, Hawkes Circle | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | First Class HVAC and Plumbing | 47 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.